City centre building (St Petersburg; Russia)

Russia's second city whips up a frenzy

---

May 26th 2013
Cities and countries which go through more than one name change as part of their development could so very easily spark off suspicions as to why this is the case, as reasons such as breaking free from a politically troubled past are potentially responsible for this name change which can endow any place with a new image of sorts. In the case of [url=http://www.travbuddy.com/Saint-Petersburg-travel- ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

---

Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more